After agreeing on the date and length of the meeting to suit each of the partner schools, we decided to organize a video conference. Each school gathered a team of 8 – 12 students eager to meet their friends from other countries. Google meet platform was used to get in touch before and set up all the details and for the meeting itself, taking place on 20thof May 2021. The schedule of the video conference looked as follows:
Schedule of activities
- Introducing teams
- Taking group photos by the padlet
- Healthy habits – brainstorming
- What do you know about the country the wheel decide picked for you
- Name 5 – a team contest
- What have you got for breakfast? Interviewing partners.
- Kahoot – a general knowledge quiz (each country prepared the questions)
- Draw your lunch and breakfast using Jamboard
- Healthy tips – how important are they for you – discussing ideas and uploading them on Mentimeter
Unfortunately, due to technical problems and safety regulations at schools we were unable to let our students interview each other as we had planned before. Nevertheless, students could see each other, take part in games prepared together. They could confront their conceptions of healthy lifestyle, find out what they knew about their partner countries, compete in quizzes. We could compare what we conceive of breakfasts and school lunches as all the participants were expected to draw them and label them on the common virtual board. First of all, however, it was a two-hour distraction from the school routine and a chance to ties bonds between the partners.
